git: user configuration instructions

Basic Configuration

Git stores configuration info in the global ~/.gitignore, and also per project in local .gitignore files. To commit code from the Galileo, you can configure git as follows:

git config --global user.email [your email]
git config --global user.name [your username]
git config --global http.sslverify false
git config --global credential.helper "cache --timeout=86400"

Note, the last 2 lines turn off ssl (which is not running on the Galileo) and caches your login for 24 hours.

To confirm your settings:

git config --global --list

Ignoring Files

Git supports local and global .gitignore files. It is good practice not to commit 3rd party node_modules into your repo. The local .gitignore is parsed automatically by git. To set up a global .gitignore:

git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.gitignore'

To set a repo to use ssh instead of http

So you don't have to enter your password each time you push:

git remote set-url origin "[email protected]:IntelOpenDe
sign/MakerNode.git"